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Skyward Spine Best Characters and How to Get

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Genshin Impact - Skyward Spine Polearm

Skyward Spine is a 5-Star polearm in Genshin Impact. Find out how to get Skyward Spine, the best characters for it, stats, and details here!

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Skyward Spine Information

Skyward Spine Skills and Overview

Skyward Spine
Skyward Spine Image
Type Polearm
Base ATK 48
Rarity ★★★★★
Bonus Effect
 Energy Recharge + 8.0%
Skill
 Black Wing
Increases CRIT Rate by 8% and increases Normal ATK SPD by 12%. Additionally, Normal and Charged Attacks hits on enemies have a 50% chance to trigger a vacuum blade that deals 40% of ATK as DMG in a small AoE. This effect can occur no more than once every 2s.

Skyward Spine Skill Summary

Skill Effect Summary ・Increases the wielder's CRIT Rate and Normal Attack SPD.
・Normal and Charged Attacks have a chance of dealing extra ATK DMG .

Skyward Spine Stats

Lvl. Base ATK Energy Recharge
1/20 48 8.0%
20/20 133 14.1%
40/40 261 20.6%
50/50 341 23.8%
60/60 423 27.1%
70/70 506 30.3%
80/80 590 33.5%
90/90 674 36.8%

Skyward Spine Refinement Levels

R1
R2
R3
R4
R5
Skill Effect
Increases CRIT Rate by 8% and increases Normal ATK SPD by 12%. Additionally, Normal and Charged Attacks hits on enemies have a 50% chance to trigger a vacuum blade that deals 40% of ATK as DMG in a small AoE. This effect can occur no more than once every 2s.
Skill Effect
Increases CRIT Rate by 10% and increases Normal ATK SPD by 12%. Additionally, Normal and Charged Attacks hits on enemies have a 50% chance to trigger a vacuum blade that deals 55% of ATK as DMG in a small AoE. This effect can occur no more than once every 2s.
Skill Effect
Increases CRIT Rate by 12% and increases Normal ATK SPD by 12%. Additionally, Normal and Charged Attacks hits on enemies have a 50% chance to trigger a vacuum blade that deals 70% of ATK as DMG in a small AoE. This effect can occur no more than once every 2s.
Skill Effect
Increases CRIT Rate by 14% and increases Normal ATK SPD by 12%. Additionally, Normal and Charged Attacks hits on enemies have a 50% chance to trigger a vacuum blade that deals 85% of ATK as DMG in a small AoE. This effect can occur no more than once every 2s.
Skill Effect
Increases CRIT Rate by 16% and increases Normal ATK SPD by 12%. Additionally, Normal and Charged Attacks hits on enemies have a 50% chance to trigger a vacuum blade that deals 100% of ATK as DMG in a small AoE. This effect can occur no more than once every 2s.

Skyward Spine Best Characters

Who is Skyward Spine Good For?

All Recommended Characters
Xiao ImageXiao Xiangling ImageXiangling Zhongli ImageZhongli
Cyno ImageCyno Thoma ImageThoma Raiden ImageRaiden
Iansan ImageIansan Shenhe ImageShenhe Yun Jin ImageYun Jin
Candace ImageCandace Mika ImageMika Kachina ImageKachina
Escoffier ImageEscoffier Ineffa ImageIneffa

Good for Elemental Burst-Type Characters

The Skyward Spine is generally a good weapon for characters who may rely on their Elemental Burst to support the team or do DMG.

With its high base ATK, it's perfect for characters who need small improvements to their Energy Recharge to trade for more DMG.

List of Polearms

How to Get Skyward Spine

Pull from Weapon and Standard Wish Banners

All Current Wish Banners
Genshin Impact - Epitome Invocation GachaEpitome Invocation Genshin Impact - Wanderlust Invocation GachaWanderlust Invocation

Skyward Spine can be obtained by pulling on the Epitome Invocation Weapon Event Wish Banner and on the Wanderlust Invocation Standard Wish Banner at a normal rate.

This weapon cannot be obtained from the Character Event Wish Banner.

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Skyward Spine Ascension Materials

Total Ascension Materials

Ascension Materials Total
Fetters of the Dandelion Gladiator IconFetters of the Dandelion Gladiator
 5
Chains of the Dandelion Gladiator IconChains of the Dandelion Gladiator
 14
Shackles of the Dandelion Gladiator IconShackles of the Dandelion Gladiator
 14
Dream of the Dandelion Gladiator IconDream of the Dandelion Gladiator
 6
Chaos Device IconChaos Device
 15
Chaos Circuit IconChaos Circuit
 23
Chaos Core IconChaos Core
 41
Divining Scroll IconDivining Scroll
 15
Sealed Scroll IconSealed Scroll
 23
Forbidden Curse Scroll IconForbidden Curse Scroll
 27
Mora IconMora
 225,000

Ascension Materials for Each Level

20
→
40
Genshin - Fetters of the Dandelion Gladiator Image Fetters of the Dandelion Gladiator ×5
Genshin - Chaos Device Image Chaos Device ×5
Genshin - Divining Scroll Image Divining Scroll ×3
40
→
50
Genshin - Chains of the Dandelion Gladiator Image Chains of the Dandelion Gladiator ×5
Genshin - Chaos Device Image Chaos Device ×18
Genshin - Divining Scroll Image Divining Scroll ×12
50
→
60
Genshin - Chains of the Dandelion Gladiator Image Chains of the Dandelion Gladiator ×9
Genshin - Chaos Circuit Image Chaos Circuit ×9
Genshin - Sealed Scroll Image Sealed Scroll ×9
60
→
70
Genshin - Shackles of the Dandelion Gladiator Image Shackles of the Dandelion Gladiator ×5
Genshin - Chaos Circuit Image Chaos Circuit ×18
Genshin - Sealed Scroll Image Sealed Scroll ×14
70
→
80
Genshin - Shackles of the Dandelion Gladiator Image Shackles of the Dandelion Gladiator ×9
Genshin - Chaos Core Image Chaos Core ×14
Genshin - Forbidden Curse Scroll Image Forbidden Curse Scroll ×9
80
→
90
Genshin - Dream of the Dandelion Gladiator Image Dream of the Dandelion Gladiator ×6
Genshin - Chaos Core Image Chaos Core ×27
Genshin - Forbidden Curse Scroll Image Forbidden Curse Scroll ×18

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List of Polearms

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3 Anonymous Anonymous about 1 month

cyno should be here as he needs a lot of er and the passive works great on him

2 Anonymous Anonymous 8 months

I'd add Iansan to the list of characters the Skyward Spine is best on. It works far better on her than it does on most of the listed characters.

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